Door for automobiles and other vehicles.



I I V NGLA D. DOOR FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

' APPLICATION FIGLED APR. 25, 1911.

Y Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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FRED ENGLAND. OF AMESBURY,

MASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 AMESBURY METAL BODY COMPANY, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, A. CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

DOOR FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED citizen of the United States, residing at Amesbury, in the county of Essex, State of l\-lassachuset ts, have invented. a certain new and useful Improvement in Doors for utomobiles and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being ENGLAND, a

had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The inven ion has been designed more especially for application to doors of automobiles and other vehicles, but is not restricted to application in connection wit vehicles.

The invention consists in a metal facing with a raised marginal molding having an outwardly-projecting rim-portion constituting a stop-shoulder, and the latter having in continuation thereof an offsetting flange which is attached to the edge of the door.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings, in which latter,

Figure 1 represents a portion of mobile structure, including a door, the said door having the said embodiment of the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section in the plane of dotted line 2, 2, of Flg. 1

Having reference to the drawings,-the body of the automobile is marked 1, in Fig. 1, and 2 is the door in its entirety.

In Fig. 2, 2-3 is the frame of the door.

The one-piece combined panel, molding, rim and offsetting flange involving the invention comprises the sheet-portion or panel 4:, the molding 5, and the flange 6, the said flange being shown only in Fig. 2 The said combined panel, molding, etc., corresponds in contour with the frame 8 of the door, so that the molding 5 follows the edge of the said frame along both of the vertica sides of the latter and also along its bottom, with about one-half of the width of the molding projecting beyond the said edge in the form of a rim which overlies the margin 1 of the body 1 around the doorway, and the offset-ting flange (S closely conforms to the edge of the frame and tits against such edge. The said flange is engaged by screws, bolts or nuts, one of which is shown at 7, Fig. 2, which pass through thesame into the edge of the frame thereby secure the panel, etc., to the door.

The molding 5 is bent outward from the Specification of Letters Yatent. Application filed April 25,1911.

-6. The said flange Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 623,310.

plane of the panel 4 along the line 8, 8, 8,. as shown best in Fig. 2,

so as thereby to produce the raised bead-like effect. At thev outer margin of the molding the slice -metal is doubled back upon itself to the ex en t. of about one-half of the width of the molding, and is then bent backward at right angles to the plane of the panel to form the flange forms a finish for the edge of the door, in addition to receiving the screws which secure it to the edge of the. door-frame and'thereby attach the combined panel, molding, etc., to the door-frame. The doubled portion which is exterior to the flange 6 constitutes the rim which overlies? and closes the crack or opening between the edge of the door and the inclosing door casing, and constitutes astop-shoulder that makes contact with the outer surface of the door-casing when the door is closed to. It

ivill be perceived that the described con strong and an autoand i the a posed at an angle to the sur fill and close, and even when effectually filled first, some portion of it breaks open sooner or later in consequence of vibra-' tion, jars, etc. As soon as the opening begins to present itself, the paint and varnish begin to scale elf from the points of contact between the panel and the molding, wit resulting injury and unsightliness. With the improved construction herein shown an described, inasmuch as there is no crack, the ianel and molding being integral, these undesirable results are obviated.

The form, etc., may be varied without involving departure from the principle of the invention.

\Vhat is claimed as the invention is:

1. A metallic panel for vehicle bodies having an edge fashioned with a flange disface of the body of the panel, a projecting portionoutside said flange and the body of the panel, and a molding integral with the metal adjacent the said projecting portion.

with paint at having an edge fashioned with a flange disposed at an angle to the'surface of the 'body of the panel, a

5 tWeen the flange and the body the molding the edge of nd an integral molding beof the panel, projecting beyond the flange and body of'the panel.

3. In a door for automobiles and other vehicles, the combination with the door- 1 0 frame, of, the

blned panel 4, molding 5, rim, and

flange the door-frame one-piece sheet-metal, comoffsetting 6, the said flange fitting the edge of vand attached thereto, and

' the 'said molding and rim the flange and formed by bending the sheet- I metal back upon itself ztt the outer edge of the molding and constituting a stop-shoulder which engages with the edge of the adjacent portion of the door-casing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in presence of two Witnesses.

FRED ENGLAND.

projecting beyond Witnesses JAMES :HLIIASSETT, CHARLES E, PARKMAN. 

